TABLE 3.

Adjusted differences in RMTL between males and females in 40-year incident atrial fibrillation

	RMTL difference, years
Estimators accounting for competing risks	AF	Death without AF
IPW	1.41 (0.45, 2.38)	2.26 (1.21, 3.30)
IPCW regression model	−0.43 (−1.78, 0.92)	1.24 (0.00, 2.48)
	RMTL difference, years
Estimators not accounting for competing risks	AF	Death without AF
IPW	2.83 (1.64, 4.01)	2.93 (1.81, 4.04)
IPCW regression model	−1.23 (−3.10, 0.64)	1.97 (0.57, 3.37)

Note: Data are differences in cause-specific RMTL (95% confidence intervals) for men vs women. The IPW method directly yields marginal differences in RMTL adjusting for covariates, while the IPCW regression models yield differences in RMTL conditional on covariates.

Abbreviations: AF, atrial fibrillation; IPW, inverse probability weighted; IPCW, inverse probability of censoring weighted; RMTL, restricted mean time lost.